• EXOTIC WILDLIFE PROTECTION CENTER MONTE ADONE

• Via Brento 9, 40037 Sasso Marconi

• CALL

• http://www.centrotutelafauna.org
• info@centrotutelafauna.org

• Private groups and families may visit the center Saturdays and Sunday between May and September by reservation only (the visit takes about 3 hours). For other groups, including schools, weekday tours can be arranged.

• Tigers, lions, panthers and chimpanzees, who would ever have thought to meet that kind of animal in the middle of the Appennines? But indeed they are there: at the foot of Monte Adone, a local family, together with a host of volunteers, in accordance with the Minister for the Environment, has opened a sanctuary for exotic animals, mostly imported illegally for profit, as pets or for shows (like itinerant zoos and circuses) and then often mistreated and abandoned. An incredible variety of species have found a home here: tigers, lions, chimps,but also parrots, reptiles and indigenous fauna such as deer who have been hit by cars, wounded hawks, poisoned or abbandoned pets, each one with its own trail of misfortune but which brought them eventually to their own happy ending, thanks to the care provided by the sanctuary's volunteers. Many of these creatures, such as the tigers, lions and chimpanzees, have found a permanent home here, since the costs of re-abilitating them to re-adapt to their natural habits are prohibitive.